Dolphins release punter Matt Darr

At the beginning of training camp for the Miami Dolphins, not many people expected punter Matt Darr to be in a competition for his job. But that’s exactly what happened and Darr came out on the short end of the stick.

Miami Dolphins are releasing punter Matt Darr… Did a great job past 2 seasons but Dolphins save $ and Darr will be elsewhere very soon.

The Dolphins are releasing Darr according to his agent Brett Tessler. With the release of Darr, the Dolphins will save $150,000 against their cap.

This preseason, Darr averaged 44.3 yards on 12 punts and 35.3 net yards per punt. Darr also had five punts inside the 20-yard-line and seven of them were returned.

Rookie Matt Haack, on the other hand, averaged 44.3 net yards per punt, which was third in the league during the preseason. He also averaged 46.9 yards on 13 punts. Haack also downed two punts inside the 20-yard-line and nine of them were returned.

Not only will releasing Darr save the Dolphins money as previously mentioned, but the team will also be in control of Haack until after the 2019 season. Darr was set to become a free agent after the conclusion of the 2017 season.

Miami will need to have their roster trimmed to 53 players by 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. So this is one of many players to be cut in the next couple of days.

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